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De Biggenboom (The Pig-Tree)
Technique: line etching and aquatint printed in traditional intaglio technique on soft white mould-made copperplate board, 300g/m², in bluish green
Plate: 197 x 197 mm
Papersize: 300 x 300 mm, full margins
Editon: 10
Order-No. DG-5130

The legend of "De Biggenboom" (pig tree), tells a story about a golden cup, stolen 1473 by Oldenburger foot-soldiers from the church at Strackholt, a small traditional village in East Frisia. The excited pastor followed the thieves and was belaboured. Befor he could flee he cursed the soldiers an the place where they had pitched their camp.
However at this place (between Bagband und Strackholt), where once a mighty oak tree the drunken thieves gave shadow, since that day no more tree can grow prosperously. Nowadays an appel tree tries to grow up there, but it stays small, it looks miserable and will be withered like all the other trees before him.

At this particular place, a memorial stone remembers on that incidence in the year 1473.

The landscape between the Ems and the Weser Rivers is the homeland of the artists by the Union of Professional Artists, East Frisia. We live at a charming landscape which is impressed of its wide variety and of its exciting, thrilling legends. Many of these legends were already published in various books. The ones which we selected are those which are not that well-known legends and those places which are almost forgotten in the area of East Frisia. After our search we found a lot of dates, informations and anekdotes which each of us has taken as her/his individual theme for this project.
These individual artistry adaptations of the legends, histories, personalties, landscapes and memorial buildings are the contents of this book... (Executive Board)

Hardcover Book - 175 pages (4 pages pro artist - with picture and story, and biography) map of places and artists home studios addresses.

Price : €22,00 plus postage (can also be bought in all book shops in Germany)
Exemple with signiture by all artists -: €47,00 - 150 exemples Order here please.

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